CAP 437 offshore observer training

We are a certified provider of CAP 437 training for Offshore Meteorological Observers. This provide the complete two-day Observer Course, an online Refresher Course and a classroom taught one-day Refresher.

For more than 15 years, we have trained a considerable number of offshore observers in the UK and worldwide. Our flexibility and pool of expert trainers have led us to become a leading CAP 437 Observer training provider.

Courses offered are:

• Offshore Meteorological Observer Course.
• Refresher Course for Offshore Meteorological Observers.

Overview

The course objective will be to ensure that Met Observers will be capable of providing both a pre-flight weather report issued before take-off and on request, a radio message detailing the current weather on the helideck.

The training consists of a two-day course. Training will be given to ensure the specified information is provided in these reports, using the correct terminology and reporting increments.

Information from automated sensors will be used to compile the weather reports. Training will be carried out to enable the Met Observer to visually evaluate the visibility, present weather, cloud amounts, height of cloud bases, and presence of significant convective clouds (TCU and CB). Trainee Met Observers will be provided with information detailing the limitations of automated weather observations that are used for meteorological observations, this includes understanding the limitations of using automated weather observations that may have been made within a 10-mile radius and the importance of ensuring local conditions are being accurately reported.

Tuition will be provided to assist Met Observers in providing reports from contingency Met observing equipment, which require the manual measurement of pressure, air and dew point temperatures, wind speed and direction. The reporting increments, terminology and other policies relating to the reporting of weather conditions from offshore structures will be aligned with the METAR code as detailed in CAP 746 Meteorological Observations at Aerodromes (Chapter 4 METAR structure and UK coding rules).

Overview

We provide refresher training either online or via a one-day taught refresher.

The course is designed to refresh the Met Observers training certificate and ensure that they continue to be capable of providing both a pre-flight weather report issued before take-off, and on request, a radio message detailing the current weather on the helideck.

The refresher training takes the participants, who have completed a full two-day training course, through a series of modules and test questions related to key aspects already covered as part of their original training including; wind, visibility, present weather, cloud, temperature, pressure and sea state.

For the Online Refresher, participants complete a set of practice questions within each of the modules, during which they are referred to relevant sections of the original course material. This allows them to refresh their knowledge of the original course. On finishing the online course modules, participants are required to complete a test comprising a number of questions on the sections they have revised. On successful completion of the refresher course test, answers are reviewed by the course training team and refresher certificate is issued to the participant. The certificate is valid for two years.